Dream Something Big: The Story of the Watts Towers

By Dianna Hutts Aston

Book Overview

Between 1921 and 1955, Italian immigrant Simon Rodia transformed broken glass, seashells, pottery, and a dream to "do something big" into a U.S. National Landmark. Readers watch the towers rise from his little plot of land in Watts, California, through the eyes of a fictional girl as she grows and raises her own children. Chronicled in stunningly detailed collage that mimics Rodia's found-object art, this thirty-four-year journey becomes a mesmerizing testament to perseverance and possibility. A final, innovative "build-your-own-tower" activity makes this multicultural, intergenerational tribute a classroom natural and a perfect gift-sure to encourage kids to follow their own big dreams.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803732457
• ISBN13: 9780803732452
• Release Date: August 2011
• Publisher: Dial Books
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 9.6" x 10.9"
• Age Range: 5 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Kindergarten to Grade 3